Mop-cabinet.



Nb. 735,700. PATENTED AUG. 11, 1903. H. H. BONNEY.

MOP CABINET.

APPLIGATION PILED MAR. 18, 1903.

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UNITED STATES iPatented August. 11, 1903 PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY II. BONNEY, OF FAIRMONT, MINNESOTA.

MOP-CABINET. I

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 735,700,. dated August 11, 1903.

Application filed March 18,1903.

To to whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY H. BONNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fairmont, in the county of Martin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop-Oabinetsg and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a wall-cabinet for holding a mop; andthe object of the invention is to produce a'cabinet in which a wet dry.

A further object is to provide a cheap receptacle of the kind stated having means for holding the mop-cloth out of contact with the handle and also having a'tank to receive the In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view'of the device with the door open and the mop hanging in place. Fig. 2 is a side elevation with the door closed. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the inside of the frame on which the mop hangs, and Fig. at is a horizontal section looking down.

Speaking generally, the device comprises a casing adapted to be hungon the wall and having a drip-tank at the bottom, a swinging frame in the casing tosupport the mop and inclose the mop-cloth, and an outer door or cover to inclose and conceal the mop-head.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates the back board of the casing, which is secured to the wall by screws at top-and bottom.

7 indicates the sides of the casing. These sides are perforated, as at 7 to permit a ci'rculation of air through the casing to dry the mop-cloth. 8 isadrip-tank, preferably formed of metal, at the lower end of the casing to receive the drippings from the mop-cloth, and this tank may be emptied as occasion requires by removing the plug 8.

The hanging frame for the mop comprises Serial No. 148,364. (No model.)

a partition 9, preferably formed of metal;

cleats 10, which are notched to receive the mop-handle, (indicated at 11.) These cleats are on the outside of the partition, and when the mop is placed within the cabinet the mopcloth hangs on the inside of the partition and the mop-handle on the outside. The cloth and handle are thus separated, so that the handle will not be wet and dirty and so that the drippings will drop into the tank. At the free vertical edge of the partition is a swinging leaf 12, which I will call a gatherer, the function of which is to gather any strings or loose ends of the clothinto the casing when the hanging frame is closed, thereby preventing the loose ends from being caught between the frame and the side of the casing when the frame is closed. This leaf or gatherer is hinged to the free edge of the partition and operates automatically with the closing of the frame by means of a trip 13, which projects from the leaf in position to strike a post 14, secured to the casing. When the frame of the partition is closed, the trip strikes the post and operates as a lever to turn the gatherer in, which thus carries with it the mop-cloth and prevents the latter from catching between the partition and the side of the casing.

An outer inclosing door is indicated at 15. This is semicylindrical in shape to afiord a recess for the mop-head and to give an ornamentalappearance. Thetop16closesagainst the back board and the bottom 17 against the tank. The bottom is notched for the mophandle, which hangs therethrough. A latch for the door is indicated at 18. This is preferably a socket-latch let into the side of the casing, having no projections on which the mop-cloth might catch.

In use, the door being opened, the hanging frame is swung out and the mop hung thereon with the cloth on the inside of the partition and the handle on the outside thereof, as shown in the drawings. When the partition is swung to, the gatherer tucks in all loose ends of the cloth, which then hangs over the tank, and any drippings therefroinfall into the tank. The door is then closed, whereby the mop is held and concealed.

| ing a door, a tank at the bottom of the casing, a swinging partition in the casing above the tank, and means on the partition to hang a mop with its cloth on one side of the partition and its handle on the other.

I In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY IT. BONNEY.

Witnesses:

E. R. FLYGORE, II. P. EDWORDS. 

